Labour

Socialist Appeal supporters in South Wales report from the recent AGM of Welsh Labour Grassroots, where an enthusing discussion took place around the restoration of Labour’s socialist clause.

The Labour right wing have lept to their feet recently in support of Theresa May and her jingoistic rhetoric against Russia. This is a dress rehearsal for their future sabotage of a Corbyn Labour government.

As Jennie Formby and Jon Lansman compete to replace Iain McNicol, the Labour right wing has been left licking its wounds. All attention now, Adam Booth writes, must be on democratising the party and fighting for a socialist Labour government.

Iain McNicol, the general secretary of the Labour Party, announced his resignation late last week. This marks a further shift in the balance of power in Corbyn’s favour. Now is the time to overturn the expulsions carried out by McNicol.

Corbyn’s initiative for a review of Labour’s democratic structures is a welcome break from Blairite bureaucracy. But it has one notable absence: the democratic accountability of MPs and councillors.

The Left’s clear victory in the Labour NEC elections must be used as a platform for sweeping changes across the Party, Adam Booth writes.  We need mandatory reselection and socialist policies.

Roy Hattersley’s recent article in the Guardian offered a telling insight into the mind of the Blairites. With his semi-coherent ramblings, the former deputy Labour leader provides a perfect example of just how out of touch Labour’s so-called ‘moderates’ are from grasping the real mood in society, and how powerless their position has become.

Over the past few weeks, a series of local Labour council candidate selections have prompted various outcries of a Momentum-led ‘Labour purge’ in the mainstream media. Reza Mohammadi of the Hornsey and Wood Green CLP discusses what really happened: this was no purge, just democracy and accountability in action.

Investment banking giant Morgan Stanley recently published a report that warned its clients about the possibility of a Corbyn-led Labour government. Such an outcome, the bankers described, would be a “worse threat to business than Brexit”. The Labour leader responded by saying to the financial firm: “we are a threat”. But what kind of movement and programme do we need to really threaten the capitalists? 

Daniel Morley reviews the recent BBC Two documentary highlighting the dramatic transformation that has taken place inside the Labour Party in the past six months. As a result of the shock general election result and the rise of the mass movement around Corbyn, the Blairites are now completely demoralised and sidelined.